Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-24

OFFICE OF THE GAZETTE,
FORT WORTH. TEX. March %. 1887.
The volume of business to-day was 81
increase over yesterday.
Wool buyers expect the spring clip tc
begin to come to market in few days,
and are hopeful Of profitable trade &c
both buyers and sellers.
There is some good country butter
coming to market now, but not enough
to supply the demand.
THE STATE OF TRADE.
Special kilograms to Bradstreet's from
leading trade centers report the tota
volume OF general merchandise distribu.
ted in excess of last week. The
greater increases were from Port
land, Me, Philadelphia, Detroit
Chicago, St. Louis, Burlington, Iowa,
Kansas City, New Orleans and Memphis.
The weather exercised a favorable infu-
ence at the west and south, where crop
prospects have improved; this has stimu-
lated the demand on Kansas City, St.
LOUIS and New Orleans from the interior
for staple goods. AS exclusively an
nounced in Bradstreet last week, cut
rates by rail from Chicago, together with
LuC tSCd1llllS III GAlSlIDS 1dlI lIStSsIG SOLl-
tracts, to take effect early ia April,
stimulated shipments for near by wants
on the general impression that after
the interstate commerce law goes mo
effect rates will be higher. With the pub
LEGATION of east-bound traffic returns this
week this announcement was verified
Special shipments continue to be rushed
for these reasons, but orders for future
ialir-aru araN hanLad n inc i+Tr
to secure q rate to take effect after April
3. Transatlantic steamship lines have
felt this as well, and the through bill-Of
lading business for forward movement
has been curtailed in consequence. Iron,
steel, -four and dry goods are known to
have felt this Influence.
Labor troubles continue to decline, but
6+00 industrial employees having struck
thus far in March, against $4,000 in the
first half Of February. The strike at
Patterson, that threatened at Cohoes, and
intimations of 8 renewal of the short
hour strikes within sixty days, tend to
unsettle confidence in the industrial stu
alton. The total bank Clearings from
thirtY-slx cities for the week ended
yesterday, specially wired to Brad
streets, aggregate 1898, 1872, 582, against
81, 002, 73S, 726 last week, loss of
S9,6O0,000, or per Cenr., and
as compared with 1891 1891 1914 last year,
an increase Of % per cent. During Feb
ruaTy 100 railroads, with 55 SIC mileage,
report $50, S97, 900 grOss earnings to Brad
streets, gain OF 81, 200 600 over Febru-
arr, 1886 or d per ceRt. Domestic mont y
markets ere generally Grmer. The de-
mands at Chicago, New York and Boston
are heavy, and an increasing request Is
looked for. Funds are reaching Ksuras
City from the country as well as from New
York, and rates are easier. Mercantile
collections are irregular. At New York
money tends higher on the calls for funds
for the April settlements, but an easier
feeling prevail toward the close. Ex-
change is decidedly lower, ewing to the
free offerings Of bills against purchasers
securities for foreign account. The con-
tinued uncertainty attending the Baiti-
more and Ohio negotiations and symp-
toms of st1ingency in money discourage
activity in the New York stock market,